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Sony spent a good chunk of its two hour E3 keynote discussing the upcoming PlayStation Move, but there was still a lot of time to officially unveil a new subscription plan for the PSN, a brand new Twisted Metal game, and an actual release date for Gran Turismo 5.

PlayStation Plus

The much-rumored subscription plan for the PlayStation Network will be called PlayStation Plus. For $49.99 per year subscribers will get access to free, full PSN games, which you can keep for the duration of your subscription; exclusive and early access to demos and betas; an auto-update feature that will automatically download certain content; and exclusive DLC and other content free content like themes and Minis. In addition to the $50 yearly plan, you can also pay $17.99 for three months of the service.

Sweet Tooth is back, GT5 is coming

As for games, a brand new entry in the Twisted Metal series was announced, developed by David Jaffee's Eat, Sleep, Game studio. The PS3 exclusive will be released at some point next year and will feature helicopters and motorcycles, objective based multiplayer modes, different factions based on characters like Sweet Tooth, and massive stages with towering skyscrapers and connected by traffic-filled highways.

The oft-delayed Gran Turismo 5, meanwhile, finally has an official release date, and will be coming to the PS3 on November 2. The game will also support 3D. Other new games revealed include a Move-controlled magic game called Sorcery; Heroes on the Move, a new (presumably Move-controlled) action game featuring popular characters like Jak, Daxter, Ratchet, Clank, and Sly Cooper together for the first time; Patapon 3 on PSP; Time Crisis: Raising Storm; Echochrome 2; and EyePet on the PSP, which utilizes a new camera peripheral for the handheld.

Third-party exclusives

In one of the few surprises of the keynote, Valve's Gabe Newell—infamous for his negative comments about the PS3—revealed that not only would Portal 2 be coming to Sony's console, but it would also support Steam Cloud, possibly letting players switch back and forth between the PS3 and a PC utilizing the same saved data. He said the PS3 version would be the best console version of the game.

EA also revealed a number of games that will have exclusive content for the PS3. The newly rebooted Medal of Honor will come packed with an exclusive, limited edition remastered version of MoH Frontline. Meanwhile, the PS3 version of the upcoming Dead Space 2 will come packed with a Move-supported version of the formerly Wii-exclusive Dead Space Extraction. Extraction will also be available as a separate PSN download.

Ubisoft's also getting in the PS3-exclusive action with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. The PS3 version of that game will feature exclusive missions and the multiplayer beta will only be available on Sony's console.

In conclusion

Though many of the announcements at Sony's E3 keynote were already known and some titles—most notably Team Ico's The Last Guardian—were absent, it was still a fairly strong showing for the company, with a number of new games and some strong third-party support. However, the biggest news of the event might just turn out the be Portal 2, as it's the first ever console game to support Valve's Steam Cloud.